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What does element mean

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Answer: each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter.

Explanation:Each element is distinguished by its atomic number, i.e. the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms.

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